MOVIE · 1982
First Blood
ActionAdventureThrillerWar93 min
Former Green Beret John Rambo enters a small town and is met with suspicion, harassment, and a violent arrest that sends him fleeing into the mountains. Sylvester Stallone is Rambo, a Vietnam veteran whose survival training turns a local police pursuit into an escalating standoff with Sheriff Will Teasle and the National Guard. Brian Dennehy gives Teasle the stubborn authority that keeps tightening the search, while Colonel Sam Trautman (Richard Crenna), Rambo’s former commander, recognizes how dangerous the situation has become. The chase pushes a clash between one drifter and a town’s law enforcement into open warfare.
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